As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Jim Clark · David Piper
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1
—
1
2 shared
Qualifying H2H
2
—
0
2 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
5
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
1
1
1960
Career totals
Jim Clark
David Piper
Championships
2
0
Wins
25
0
Poles
33
0
Podiums
32
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
274
0
Starts
72
3
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jim Clark
David Piper
Win rate
34.7%
0%
Podium rate
44.4%
0%
Pole rate
45.8%
0%
Points / start
3.8
0.0
Avg grid
P3.6
P22.3
Avg finish
P7.1
P18.3
Finish rate
68.1%
66.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jim Clark
David Piper
Mechanical retirements
21
1
Crash retirements
2
0
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1960
Debut season
1959
1962 · aged 26
First win
—
1962
First pole
—
1963 · aged 27
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P12
-3.5
Avg places gained
+4.0
Season points trajectory
Jim Clark
David Piper
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jim Clark | David Piper |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 3 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| Jim Clark 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P12 David Piper | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Jim Clark 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · — David Piper | ||
| Aintree | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Jim Clark 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · — David Piper | ||
Team history
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
David Piper
Team Lotus 1959–1960
19591968
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).